translation

noun

1. 翻译；译
   the process of changing sth that is written or spoken into another language
   1. an error in translation
      误译
   2. He specializes in translation from Danish into English.
      他专门从事把丹麦文译成英文的工作。
   3. The book loses something in translation .
      此书在翻译过程中丢失了一些原意。
   4. The irony is lost in translation .
      原文的反语用法在翻译中丢失了。
2. 译文；译本；译作
   a text or work that has been changed from one language into another
   1. The usual translation of ‘glasnost’ is ‘openness’.
      glasnost一词通常译为openness（公开性）。
   2. a rough translation (= not translating everything exactly)
      粗略的翻译
   3. a literal translation (= following the original words exactly)
      直译
   4. a free translation (= not following the original words exactly)
      意译
   5. a word-for-word translation
      字字对应的翻译
   6. I have only read Tolstoy in translation .
      我只读过托尔斯泰作品的译本。
   7. a copy of Dryden's translation of the Aeneid
      一本德莱顿翻译的史诗《埃湼阿斯纪》
3. 转变；转化
   the process of changing sth into a different form
   1. the translation of theory into practice
      从理论到实践的转化

1. N-COUNT 译文;译本
   A translation is a piece of writing or speech that has been translated from a different language.
   1. ...MacNiece's excellent English translation of 'Faust'...
      麦克尼斯精彩的《浮士德》英文译本
   2. I've only read Solzhenitsyn in translation.
      索尔仁尼琴的作品我只读过译本。
2. PHRASE 翻译中意义受损(或流失)
   If you say that a quality of something has been lost in translation, you mean that it is not very good as a result of being translated into another language or told in a different way.
   1. Much of the wit is lost in translation…
      很多诙谐的成分都在翻译中丢失了。
   2. French filmmakers say American remakes are losing something in the translation.
      法国电影人说美国翻拍的版本丧失了原作的部分精髓。

1. Until August of this year there was no complete translation of the New Testament in Mongolian.
   直到今年8月，还没有《新约全书》的蒙古语全译本。
2. He collaborated with his son Michael on the English translation of a text on food production
   他和儿子迈克尔合作，把一篇介绍食品生产的文章译成了英文。
3. The English translation may have been condensed into a single more readable book.
   英译本可能被压缩成了更具可读性的单行本。
4. His translation is exceptional in its poetic quality.
   他的译作非常有诗意。
5. A literal translation of the name Tapies is 'walls.'
   Tapies这个名字直译过来是“墙”。
6. She rattled through a translation from Virgil's Aeneid.
   她迅速看完了维吉尔的《埃涅阿斯纪》的一个译本。
7. The theatre will provide simultaneous translation in both English and Chinese.
   剧院将提供英语和汉语的同声翻译。
8. When a book goes into translation, all those linguistic subtleties get lost.
   当一部书被翻译成另一种语言后，所有那些语言上的精妙之处就都丢失了。
9. I've only read Solzhenitsyn in translation.
   索尔仁尼琴的作品我只读过译本。
10. Much of the wit is lost in translation
    很多诙谐的成分都在翻译中丢失了。
11. French filmmakers say American remakes are losing something in the translation.
    法国电影人说美国翻拍的版本丧失了原作的部分精髓。
12. The year 1886 witnessed the first extended translation into English of the writings of Eliphas Levi
    1886年，埃利法斯·莱维的作品第一次有了长篇英译本。
13. The translation is inexact to the letter.
    这篇译文不确切。
14. The translation does not quite correspond to the original.
    译文不切原意。
15. Bad translation mutilates the original work.
    拙劣的译本将原作删改得支离破碎。
16. The translation follows closely the original.
    这篇译作紧扣原文。
17. In doing translation, one should not alter the meaning of the original to suit one's own taste.
    翻译时不应根据自己的好恶改变原文的意思。
18. Although the translation is not perfect, he did it to the best of his ability.
    虽然这翻译并不尽善尽美，但他已尽力而为了。
19. The editor is giving explanatory notes to the translation.
    编者在注解译文。
20. The translation reads smoothly.
    译文畅达。
21. An English translation is now being prepared.
    英文译本正在准备之中。
22. Translation demands utmost care.
    翻译工作需要特别细心。
23. Try to catch the elusive charm of the original in translation.
    翻译时设法把握住原文中难以捉摸的风韵。
24. The dictionary is for the purpose of translation.
    这个词典作为翻译之用。
25. The original meaning is lost in the translation.
    译文走失原意。
26. In fact, improvement of technical translation requires an appropriate approach supported by a theoretical framework.
    事实上科技翻译的进步需要一种在理论框架支持下合适的方法。
27. He must fill his head first with a thousand questions of authenticity of manuscript, and correctness of translation.
    他脑子里首先一定会疑窦丛生，反复思考手稿是否可靠，翻译是否正确之类的问题。
28. The translation should be faithful to the original both in meaning and form.
    译文在意义与形式上应忠实于原文。
29. You can't really appreciate foreign literature in translation.
    看翻译作品不能真正欣赏到外国文学原著的美妙之处。
30. This is a translation; the original is in french.
    这是译文，原文是法文。

noun

1. the act of uniform movement

   Synonym:    displacement

2. the act of changing in form or shape or appearance
   1. a photograph is a translation of a scene onto a two-dimensional surface

   Synonym:    transformation

3. rewording something in less technical terminology

4. a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language

   Synonym:    interlingual renditionrenderingversion

5. a uniform movement without rotation

6. (genetics) the process whereby genetic information coded in messenger RNA directs the formation of a specific protein at a ribosome in the cytoplasm

7. (mathematics) a transformation in which the origin of the coordinate system is moved to another position but the direction of each axis remains the same